JPN 1020 Elementary Japanese II
This course continues the development of elementary skills for students who have already had a solid introduction to Japanese. Thes course emphasizes the basic language skills essential for everyday interactions such as daily routines, family, and preferences, and the ability to express opinions and give basic advice. By the end of the semester, students will master 60 Kanji and be able to write a one-page essay in Japanese. Proficiency goal on the ACTFL scale: Novice High.
Course Types
Civilization; World Language Proficiency
Course Outcomes
- SLO 1. Students will exhibit proficiency in reading, writing, listening, and speaking at the novice-mid level.
- SLO 2A. Students will begin to demonstrate awareness of another culture’s history,
politics, communication styles, economy, or beliefs and practices.
SLO 2.B Students will begin to demonstrate awareness of how another culture’s perspectives are shaped by that culture’s history, politics, communication styles, economy, beliefs and practices.
SLO 2C: Students will begin to demonstrate awareness that cultural rules and biases exist in the target culture (C2) and home culture (C1). Students will express some openness to cultural difference, but typically responds with own worldview.
SLO 2D: Students will provide examples of ways in which communicative structures such as grammar, syntax, or lexicon differ between TL and native language. Students will explain why those examples have to be understood on their own terms, rather than as the other of English. - SLO 3A: With thorough guidance students will conduct basic research on a given topic, identifying some core issues.
SLO 3B: Students will demonstrate rudimentary understanding of the issue/problem being researched. With guidance, students will begin to acknowledge and critically consider different sides of an issue and use appropriate and relevant content to develop simple ideas.
SLO 3C: Students will identify and use credible and relevant source(s) with some interpretation /evaluation, though not enough to develop a coherent analysis or synthesis. Students will take experts’ viewpoints as mostly fact, with little questioning.
SLO 3D: With thorough guidance, students will acknowledge connections that exist between this course and courses outside the discipline.